Reptile Review

Hi Reptile Families,

In this month of gratitude, we are grateful for a our school community. We had a great turnout at our Fall Festival and are thankful for our community's support. Our amazing students and staff have been hard at work during our first quarter. Even with all the interruptions the hurricanes brought, lots of learning and growth has taken place.

Report cards recently came home and we hope that you have gotten a chance to view them and discuss them with your students. Now is a great time to set goals for the rest of the school year. If you have not yet had a conference with your child's teacher, please make sure you reach out to them and schedule one. When teachers and parents work together, our students succeed!

Wishing you and your family a relaxing and happy Thanksgiving break. Please reach out if there is any way we can support you!

Colleen Wilkinson, Principal, cgwilkin@pasco.k12.fl.us

New River Elementary will celebrate Veteran's Day on Monday, November 11th by viewing a special district presentation. We also want our students to recognize and celebrate the veterans in our community. If your child has a special veteran in their life, please click on the flowing link to upload their information. https://nres.pasco.k12.fl.us/mform/view.php?id=93142. Please upload the information and picture by November 8th. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Ketterer at kkruza@pasco.k12.fl.us.

The Great American Teach In will be held on Friday, November 22nd. We are looking for people who are willing to share their careers with our students! You can choose the grade level(s) you are willing to present to. A flyer will be coming home this week. Please contact our school counselor, Mr. Godshall, at tgodshal@pasco.k12.fl.us or 813-346-0500 if you are able to come and present. We are looking forward to exposing our students to many different career options!

Is your child creative? Are they a builder? A writer? Performer?

Odyssey of the Mind (OM™) teaches students how to develop and use their natural creativity to become problem-solvers.

There are 6 problems to pick from: For the synopses of the problems, please access the link below.

Problem 1: Vehicle: The OM-Mazing Race

Problem 2: Technical: Mech-Animal Sidekick

Problem 3: Classics: Cooking with Books

Problem 4: Structure: Save Me Structure

Problem 5: Performance: AstronOMical Odyssey!

Primary: It's a Wonderful World!

https://tinyurl.com/mvkydycp

This program is team based. Each team is made up of 7 students with a coach (an adult). They work together and compete against other teams on February 15 at Weightman Middle School. It is open to all students from K-5.

If you are interested, please reach out to Mrs. Carlson (llacycar@pasco.k12.fl.us) to be added to a team. Please let her know by November 6.

If your child is sick and you need to report an absence, go to the New River Elementary school website at https://nres.pasco.k12.fl.us/. Scroll part way down the page and on the right side, click on the link for Report an Absence.

You can also access the form at this link. https://nres.pasco.k12.fl.us/mform/view.php?id=24671

This month in PE we will be practicing skills related to basketball, football, soccer, and dancing.

Running club is off to a great start.

We have over 130 runners coming every Monday morning. If your child is on the wait list, we will contact you as soon as there is space.

Save the Date- March 7th is Field Day!! Field day would not be possible without our fabulous volunteers! Please fill out the volunteer paperwork with the finger printing requirement prior to March. Field day shirts will be on sale starting in January. The proceeds from the field day shirts go to help fund the reptile run shirts our students will be awarded for running 25 miles or more this year. Many students have already finished ten miles!!! Way to go future cross- country stars!

Dear Families,

Your talented child has been creating artwork that will be coming home in a personalized catalog. Check out their amazing artwork they've been creating, and support our art program by purchasing products with their artwork on them.

To order timeless keepsakes you'll cherish for years to come, visit the Square1 art site. www.square1art.com/shop

November 8th - 22nd: Read-a-Thon Fundraiser & Dress Up Days

November 13th - Remarkable Reptile

November 19th - SAC Meeting - 8:30 a.m. in media center

November 19th - PTO Meeting - 4:45 p.m. in media center

November 20th- Picture Makeup Day

November 20th - Bubba's 33 Spirit Night

November 22nd - Great American Teach In

November 25th - 29th - Thanksgiving Break

October Updated Information

October Newsletter

September Newsletter

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